TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LIFETIME LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Mission Statement: TALL will create a cadre of Texas leaders to help ensure effective understanding and encourage positive action on key issues, theories, policy and economics that will advance the agriculture industry.
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Program Grants: $10,000 +
H-E-B Tournament of Champions – Houston
TALL Alumni Association – College Station
Texas Corn Producers Board – Lubbock
Scholarships: $5,000 +
Capital Farm Credit – Hondo
Ag Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Co. – Fort Worth
Blue Bell Creameries – Brenham
Farm Credit Bank of Texas – Austin
Texas Nursery and Landscape Assn. – Austin
Texas Grain Sorghum Producers – Lubbock
Landmark Nurseries, Inc. – Coppell
Jim & Paula Prewitt – Coppell
Texas Cattle Feeders Association – Amarillo
Texas Wheat Producers Board – Amarillo
Bayer CropScience – Pittsburgh, PA
Scott’s Miracle Gro Company – Houston
Hatco – Garland
Texas Forestry/Logging Council – Lufkin
Sustainer Memberships: $2,500 +
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation – Houston
CoBank – Colorado
Mr. James Powell – San Angelo
Pacesetters: $1,000 +
Archer Daniels Midland – Decatur, Illinois
DairyMax – Grand Prairie
Panhandle-Plains Land Bank, FLCA – Amarillo
Pioneer HI-BRED International, INC – Johnston, IA
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. – Lubbock
South Texas Cotton & Grain Association – Victoria
Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council – Austin
Texas Cotton Producers, Inc. – Austin
Texas Pork Producers – Austin
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn. – Lubbock
Darren Rozell, TALL XII – Tyler
American Quarter Horse Assoc. – Amarillo
Monsanto/Delta Pine – Lubbock
Hasta Farms – Amarillo
Texas A&M College of Agriculture And Life Sciences – College Station
Michael Goudeau, TALL XII – Hungerford
Texas Farm Credit – Robstown
Foundation Builders: $500 +
Capital Farm Credit – Bryan
Doguet’s Rice Milling Company – Beaumont
Jason Avent, TALL XIII – Lubbock
Kubota Tractor – NAMA Southwest – Fort Worth
Texas Poultry Federation – Round Rock
Turfgrass Producers of Texas – Wharton
Wilber-Ellis – Hereford
Scott Seed – Hereford
Ed Erwin, TALL X – El Campo
Excel Energy – Amarillo
Austin Bank – Tyler
Bain Cattle Company – Tyler
Harold Beaird – Tyler
Cavender’s Boot City – Tyler
East Texas Copy Systems – Tyler East Texas Seed Company – Tyler
Genecov Group Inc – Tyler
Heritage Land Bank – Tyler
John Soules Foods – Tyler
Red Rock Ranch – Tyler
Rozell Sprayer Mfg. – Tyler
Southside Bank – Tyler
Threlkeld Farms – Tyler
Tyler Packing Company – Tyler
Wood County Electric Cooperative – Tyler
Pro Finish USA LTD – Tyler
East Texas State Fair – Tyler
ABC Bank-Todd Pope – Tyler
Ag Texas-Mike Metzig – Tyler
ARM Tech Insurance – Lubbock
Barry & Kathryn Evans – Lubbock
Brady & Hamilton, LLP – Lubbock
Crop Production Services – Lubbock
Glenn & Dina Schur – Lubbock
Jimmy Wedel Farms – Lubbock
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association – Lubbock
Prosperity Bank – Lubbock
Ropes Co-Op Gin – Lubbock
Steve Fortenberry – Lubbock
Jeff Fairchild – Amarillo
EnviroAg – Amarillo
Linda Short – Lubbock
Supporter Membership: $250 +
Glenn & Jackie Holub – College Station
Steve Akers, TALL XIV – Lubbock
Atmos Energy – Lubbock
Centennial Bank – Lubbock
CEV Multimedia – Lubbock
City Bank – Lubbock
Combest-Sell & Associates, LLP – Lubbock
Dan & Linda Taylor – Lubbock
Diversified Subsurface Irrigation – Lubbock
Happy State Bank – Lubbock
Hurst Farm Supply – Lubbock
Muleshoe State Bank – Muleshoe
Peoples Bank – Lubbock
Plains Cotton Growers – Lubbock
South Plains Electric Co-op – Lubbock
United Cotton Growers – Lubbock
Vista Bank – Lubbock
Panhandle GroundWater Con. – Amarillo
Sam Goldwater-Lone Star Rose Nursery – Tyler
West Texas A&M University – Amarillo
Scott Piercy – Lubbock
Texas Peanut Producers Board – Lubbock
Stonegate Farms – Lubbock
MaryJane Buerkle, TALL XIII – Lubbock
Ben Novasad – Bryan
Ken Threlkeld – Tyler
Sally Oglesby – Ozona
Annual Memberships: $100 +
Chase Tyndell – Rosenberg
Clayton Henry – Wichita Falls
Terri Barber, TALL VIII – Channing
Kelly Kettner, TALL XIII – Muleshoe
Jon Mixson, TALL XIII – Corpus Christi
Mark Miller, TALL VII – Corpus Christi
John Giescenschlag – Snook
Scarmardo Cattle Company – Caldwell
Scarmardo Produce – Bryan
Goudeau Farms – Hungerford
Underwood Law – Amarillo
Arborgen – Tyler
AIM Bank – Lubbock
Bamert Seed Co – Lubbock
Charley & Melissa Triplett – Lubbock
Clint Robinson – Lubbock
Davon Cook – Lubbock
Diversity D, Inc. – Lubbock
Farm Credit Leasing – Lubbock
Farmers Cooperative Compress – Lubbock
First United Bank – Lubbock
John & Norma Johnson – Lubbock
Koby & Elizabeth Reed – Lubbock
Lea Ann & Tim Lust – Lubbock
Lynn County Abstract – Lubbock
Mike Metzig – Lubbock
Plains Capital Bank – Lubbock
W. Calloway Huffaker Law – Lubbock
Walker Solomon Agency – Lubbock
Kirkland & Son Farms-Perry & Robby Kirkland – Lubbock
John McDowel Jr. – Lubbock
Paul Strouhal – Lubbock
Jim& Gordon Clark Joint Venture – Lubbock
Jesse Womack, TALL XIII – Austin
Brian Gilbert, TALL II – Houston
Other Supporters
Charles Ring, TALL VIII
Kevin Proctor, TALL XIII
Brian Clift, TALL XIII
Matt Bathe- Capital Farm Credit
Josh Krupa- Capital Farm Credit
Jim McCord- McCord Engineering
The Honorable Judge Peters-BRAZOS COUNTY
Joe Wilder- J&J Cattle
Vince Patranella- Brazos Bottom Crop Care
Karl King- Sanderson Farms
Richard & Doris Ruffino- Readfield’s
Tim Rabroker- Slovacek’s Co.
Tim Prater- Coufal Prater
Jason Gouge-Coufal Prater
Kelley Sullivan- Santa Rosa Ranch
Dr. Tammy Beckham-TVMDL
Dr. Travis Miller – AGRILIFE EXTENSION
Dr. Craig Nessler – AGRILIFE RESEARCH
TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
P.J. Ellison-Kalil – Ellison’s Greenhouse Inc.
Marcus Hill- Ag Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Co.
Kenneth Threlkeld- Threlkeld Insurance Company
Ted Conover- Retired Bank President
Tom Ellis – John Soules Foods, Inc.
Charlie Mancuso- Brazos Valley Recycling
Lee Kusak- Brazos Valley Recycling